Aminoglycoside resistance genes aph(2′)-Ib and aac(6′)-Im detected together in strains of both escherichia coli and Enterococcus faecium

Antimicrobial Agents and Chemotherapy

Volumn 45, Issue 10, 2001, Pages 2691-2694

  Chow, J W ^a   Kak, V ^a   You, I ^a   Kao, S J ^a   Petrin, J ^a   Clewell, D B ^a   Lerner, S A ^a   Miller, G H ^a   Shaw, K J ^a  

^a VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMIKACIN; AMINOGLYCOSIDE ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; ANTIBIOTIC AGENT; DIBEKACIN; DNA; GENTAMICIN; HABEKACIN; KANAMYCIN A; NEOMYCIN; NETILMICIN; PLASMID DNA; TOBRAMYCIN;

ANTIBIOTIC RESISTANCE; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL INFECTION; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; GRAM NEGATIVE INFECTION; NONHUMAN; NUCLEOTIDE SEQUENCE; POLYMERASE CHAIN REACTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; STRAIN DIFFERENCE;

AMINOGLYCOSIDES; ANTI-BACTERIAL AGENTS; BACTERIAL PROTEINS; DRUG RESISTANCE; ENTEROCOCCUS FAECIUM; ESCHERICHIA COLI; HUMANS; MICROBIAL SENSITIVITY TESTS; PHOSPHOTRANSFERASES (ALCOHOL GROUP ACCEPTOR);

EID: 0034806930     PISSN: 00664804     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1128/AAC.45.10.2691-2694.2001     Document Type: Article

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